1. Which author changed Merdinus (the normal Latinisation of Myrddin) to Merlinus and why?
   A)  Jean d’Arras because Merlinus seemed more like a proper French name

   B)  Sir Thomas Mallory because Merlinus embodied all the the qualities of the Merlin falcon

   C)  Geoffrey of Monmouth because Merdinus sounded too much like the vulger word merde to his Anglo-Norman audience

2. Sir Gareth’s good reputation as a knight of the Round Table has much to do with:
   A)  Winning King Arthur’s tournament with the magic ring Lady Lyones loans him

   B)  His disregard for status and feuds and his respect for prowess and good manners

   C)  His proficiency as a kitchen boy

3. By what title is King Pellanor known?
   A)  The Knight of the Broken Sword

   B)  The Knight of the Failed Quest

   C)  The Knight of the Strange Beast

4. The Questing Beast represents:
   A)  The lie King Hipomenus’s daughter tells him about being raped by her brother

   B)  The mortal sin Arthur commits when he unwittingly sleeps with his half-sister, Morgawse

   C)  The act of Pellinor breaking the sword of the stone that wins Arthur his kingdom

5. Gwenddydd builds her brother Myrddin a house with seventy doors and seventy windows so he can:
   A)  Observe the night sky and foretell the future

   B)  Live and study in a safe environment during his madness

   C)  Watch the Lady of the Lake go skinny dipping in the moonlight

6. While Sir Lanecelot rests under an apple tree, three queens are attracted by his beauty and:
   A)  Take him prisoner with their magic

   B)  Force him to marry one of their daughters

   C)  Tie him to the tree and feed him apples for their amusement

7. In the Welsh poem, The Spoils of Annwn, the grail Arthur finds is:
   A)  A magic drinking horn

   B)  An Otherworld cauldron

   C)  A leaky cuaich cup

8. On which quest does Merlinus send the three knights Gawain, Tor and Pellinor?
   A)  The Quest for the Holy Graal

   B)  The Quest for the White Hart

   C)  The Quest for the Rabbit of Caerbannog

9. According Wace, Anglo-Norman author of Roman de Brut, the Round Table was built:
   A)  by Merlin to symbolise the roundness of the Earth

   B)  by King Loedegan as gift to King Arthur for wedding his daughter, Guinevere

   C)  by King Arthur to stop his knights from brawling over who would sit at the head of the table

10. In the medieval poem, LAYAMON Brut (c. 1205), what terrible thing takes place during the Yule Day feast in King Arthur’s London court?
   A)  A foreign knight starts a brawl and King Arthur exacts a terrible punishment on him and his kin

   B)  A fair knight brings tidings of Modred and that night King Arthur has a sorrowful prophetic dream

   C)  King Arthur breaks his sword while carving a joint of ham